Tessa Ferrer

Tessa Rose Ferrer (born March 30, 1986)^[3] is an American film, TV, and stage actress.

Tessa Ferrer
Born	Tessa Rose Ferrer[1] (1986-03-30) March 30, 1986 (age 39)[2] Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006–present
Mother	Debby Boone
Relatives	José Ferrer (grandfather) Rosemary Clooney (grandmother) Pat Boone (grandfather) Cherry Boone (aunt) Miguel Ferrer (uncle) George Clooney (first cousin, once removed) Red Foley (great-grandfather)

She is the daughter of singer Debby Boone and Gabriel Ferrer.^[3]

Career

In 2012, Shonda Rhimes cast Ferrer in a recurring role as Dr. Leah Murphy in season nine of the ABC drama series Grey's Anatomy.^[4][5] however, in March 2014 (2014-03), it was announced that she would be exiting the show at the end of the season.^[6] In 2016, Ferrer returned to her role as Dr. Leah Murphy in episode six of season 13.

In 2014, Ferrer had a recurring role in the CBS series Extant.^[7] In 2015, she had recurring role in season two of the FXX comedy series, You're the Worst.^[8] In 2016 Shonda Rhimes hired her again for a hybrid sitcom that ultimately didn’t get picked up.

2018 she was brought on to Insidious: The Last Key to play Audrey Rainier, Elise’s mother.

Also in 2018 she played Cora Babineau in Stephen King and David E. Kelly’s Mr. Mercedes.

In 2019 she played Nurse Duckett in Catch-22. Followed by playing Meg Bailey, a youth basketball coach in SWAGGER for Apple TV+.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Excision	Pauline	Short film Won Craft Award for Acting at First Run Film Festival Best Actress in Horror Genre at ShockerFest International Film Festival
2009	Nobody’s Night	Nora	Short film
2009	Ramblin' Round	Fighting Woman	Short film; voice role
2010	Red Rare Veins		Short film
2012	Modern Mad Men	Jessica	Short film
2012	After the Triumph of Your Birth	Eva
2013	Go for Sisters	Katrina	as Tessa Rose Ferrer
2013	Abducted	Jessica Marino
2018	Insidious: The Last Key	Audrey Rainier
2018	The Passing Parade	Errol Larson	Also producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012–14, 2016–17	Grey's Anatomy	Dr. Leah Murphy	Recurring role in seasons 9 & 13; main role in season 10 (45 episodes)
2014	Extant	Katie Sparks	Recurring role (6 episodes)
2015	You're the Worst	Nina Keune	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2016	Toast	Jules	TV film
2018	Mr. Mercedes	Cora Babineau	Main role, season 2
2019	Catch-22	Lt. Sue Ann Duckett	Recurring role
2021-2023	Swagger	Coach Meg	Main role, seasons 1 & 2
2024	Grotesquerie	Grace Finn	Recurring role (2 episodes)